ambrosia

am·bro·sia  (m-brzh, -zh-)

n.

1. Greek & Roman Mythology The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

2. Something with an especially delicious flavor or fragrance.

3. A dessert containing primarily oranges and flaked coconut.

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[Latin, from Greek ambrosi, from ambrotos, immortal, immortalizing; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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ambrosia [æmˈbrəʊzɪə]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality Compare nectar [2]

2. anything particularly delightful to taste or smell

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) another name for beebread

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds

[via Latin from Greek: immortality, from ambrotos, from a-¹ + brotos mortal]

ambrosial , ambrosian adj

ambrosially  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ambrosia - a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae beebread composition - a mixture of ingredients
	2.	ambrosia - any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma bitterweed, ragweed genus Ambrosia - comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae Ambrosia artemisiifolia, common ragweed - annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally Ambrosia trifida, great ragweed - a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleft Ambrosia psilostachya, perennial ragweed, western ragweed - coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
	3.	ambrosia - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut afters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal
	4.	ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal nectar dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat, delicacy - something considered choice to eat classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks

Translations

ambrosia [æmˈbrəʊzɪə] N → ambrosía f

ambrosia [æmˈbrəʊziə] n (in Greek mythology) → ambroisie f

ambrosia

n (Myth, fig) → Ambrosia f

ambrosia [æmˈbrəʊzɪə] n (liter) → ambrosia